Another attack on our food.

This time it seems that meat processors are the next target.

Meat and poultry prices have skyrocketed in recent years.

We’ve seen beef and veal prices increasing for six straight months and predicted to keep rising.

Now the EPA is creating new rules for meat processors which could put a lot of them out of business, causing job losses and supply chain issues.

And with less meat processors, what will that do to the rest? Will they lower or increase their prices?

Dozens of Meat Processing Plants Expected to Shut Down Under New EPA Rules. The plan continues…#nwo #reset https://t.co/uk5Z7dydry

— M. Todd Trebony, MD FAAC (@doc_singing) October 4, 2024

ZeroHedge reports:

Food prices—especially meat and poultry—have skyrocketed in the past four years and could be exacerbated further next year when new EPA rules for meat processors go into effect.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Price Outlook for September reported that beef and veal prices had increased for six straight months, and predicted they will rise 5.2 percent overall in 2024. Poultry prices also rose, although by a smaller percentage, and are expected to rise more before year’s end.

The report traced the rise to factors including pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and the worst inflation since the 1980s.

Next year could see still higher meat and poultry prices at the grocery store, analysts say. That’s because an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal is expected to put some meat processors out of business, resulting in potential job losses and supply chain disruptions.

The EPA announced a proposed rule change governing effluent, or wastewater, limits for meat and poultry processors in January of this year, followed by public comment in the spring.

The agency’s final rule will go into effect in August 2025.

The proposal has met with opposition from dozens of  states, industry stakeholders, and policy experts, who fear it will harm the industry, the food supply, and consumers.

The proposed changes are spurred by lawsuits filed by a coalition of 13 environmental organizations. In 2019, the groups challenged the Trump administration under the Clean Water Act for not updating aging water pollution control standards for slaughterhouses and meat processing plants.

In response, the EPA pledged to strengthen its regulations, without implementing changes. In December 2022, a second lawsuit was filed, resulting in the current proposal.

The proposed rule contains three possible options for reducing wastewater discharges from slaughterhouses and poultry processors through water filtration technology.

Benefits and Drawbacks

The EPA estimates that the new rules would reduce pollutants discharged through wastewater from processing facilities by about 100 million pounds per year.

The proposed rules would establish tighter limitations for nitrogen released into the environment by large processors and, for the first time, would limit phosphorus.

The rules would apply to processors directly discharging wastewater into bodies of water, and, for the first time, would also apply to those indirectly discharging wastewater via water treatment plants.

To those that don’t know, here’s a thread that shows that they’ve been lying about our meat for some time:

When walking by the meat counter at the grocery store, you will likely see the label "Product of the USA."

You may even see labels like "Pasture-Raised" or "Grass-Fed"

The labels are detracting from the fact that the beef you are about to purchase was not made in the USA. pic.twitter.com/o486HGoPKw

— Brett Ender 🥩⚡️ (@MeatMafiaBrett) May 23, 2023

The act required sellers/packers to disclose the country that the animal was born, raised, and slaughtered.

This was a huge win for US ranchers, who have small margins to begin with and are strong-armed by the large 4 corporate packers.

— Brett Ender 🥩⚡️ (@MeatMafiaBrett) May 23, 2023

With the repeal of this act, you truly have no transparency into where your meat is coming from.

For example: An animal can be raised, killed, and processed in Brazil, but if it's packaged in the USA you can slap a USA label on it.

Pretty insane right?

— Brett Ender 🥩⚡️ (@MeatMafiaBrett) May 23, 2023